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12 March

If posting the notes won’t hurt your project in any way I’d say go for it. Otherwise wait until you get the project back with final grade and marks. (I’m just FULL of advise. To bad I never listen to myself)

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7 December

Hi there! Phew, the month went by, and I feel sorry we didn’t hang out together more. Do you know, ever since I arrived to NY I was listening to Grace Jones, and I stopped the moment I left :).
Anyway, just wanted to thank you for the nice comment on the Mermaid dress.

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Oooooo… good advice. Thank you. I’m just not sure I even should pre wash since I’m planning to make a jacket. I’m worried that washing it would ruin the smoothness of the pile, which is very flat (shiny velvetteen!) so I was thinking about just giving it a thorough steaming. I will definitely avoid the dryer!

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2 July

Hi Grace, I bought a mag today that has a diagram of the chanel jacket 3-piece sleeve. I remember seeing your question about it on the burda blog article. I have scanned the diagram and have it ready to send to you (and it is on grid paper so can be easily scaled). One problemo, I don’t have your email address to email it to you (and the burdastyle message function doesn’t allow for attachments). If you’re interested email me here passiona@me.com and let me know :) Pash

21 December

Hi Grace,
I know exactly what you’re talking about— this has happened to me many times!
The answer is simple IF your machine has a stretch stitch. On most machines the stretch stitch is located next to your regular straight stitch, but it has 2 dashed lines next to each other instead of one. It moves forward one; back one, which ultimately creates a stretchable stitch.

12 November

Sounds like you have it all planned out. I’ll go for a large and “super-size” so that a 1X will be able to wear it. I know the group I sew for even though I’ve never met any of them. ;) Here goes nuttin’ honey. LOL Nehmah

Yes, you add seam allowance yourself. Really glad that was obvious. I write it clearly on all the patterns but someone with less experience might miss it.

I do it that way because that is how professionals work and also it lets you choose the seam allowance you are happy with. Different fabrics often need different seam allowances.

The other advantage is that it is easy to tape the paper pattern together for a try out. Just tape edge to edge.

No seam allowance makes a big difference in laying out for printing. I like to efficiently use the space so there are fewer sheets to stick together. I even layout each size individually. As I draft for size 6-22 there would otherwise be a lot of gaps on the size 6 layouts.

Really looking forward to your finished project. As promised I will then welcome you as a Full Member to my site.

Hi, it’s Nehmah. I’ll be cutting a practice pinny, next week. What size will you be using? I plan to make & give away all three sizes in polyester (gifted) fabrics. All are knits (OK w/AK) in different colors and weights. Then I need to find/make pattern for basic plus-size skirts in similar fabric. It has to be used up before the dreaded poly-eating moths find it. ;) Cordially, Nehmah

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Hi Nehmah! I think I will fit into the size medium, although just. I will add 1" side seam allowances to allow for easy adjustments and I already lengthened the bodice 1" total and 1" to the hips. I’m going to use some dark denim that I’ve had in my stash for a DECADE. It has a little bit of stretch to it so I’m going to try to acheive a fitted look. I’m going to do self facings at the armholes and neckline, and I think I may do a CB overlapping vent. I just need to get some top stitch thread and a zipper on my lunch break. I’m also thinking about doing and exposed zipper since they are so popular right now.

16 July

17 June

Thanks for the encouragement! Low ratings don’t bother me. I would have appreciated a comment that could help me learn from my mistakes instead of a low rating which doesn’t help me improve my skills. I am having lots of fun sewing and I am looking forward to trying some more difficult projects. Thanks again :)

28 May

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30 March

Wow. You’ve really done some beautiful work. Well done! And congrats on getting the featured member!

I just noticed your comment about Firefox above. I had the same problem, couldn’t login, switched to Firefox and this worked for a while. Then suddenly, same problem. I went into my history and cleared the active history, and this solved it. Back to Safari! I haven’t had the unable-to-login problem again. I think it might have been a glitch…

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